The New Dark Age

10 February, 2011 — creative-i.info

WikiLeaks blasts defector ahead of book launch
CNN
By the CNN Wire Staff Berlin (CNN) — A former WikiLeaks staffer who left the organization to start a rival website “damaged” WikiLeaks infrastructure and …
www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/02/10/germany.openleaks.wikileaks/

WikiLeaks Defector Slams Assange In Tell-All Book
Wired News (blog)
By Kim Zetter WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange lost control of his site’s submission system in an internal revolt last fall, and has never regained it, …
www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/02/wikileaks-book/

WikiLeaks reveals degree of Durham University’s involvement in Iran
The Guardian
University challenges WikiLeaks has worked its magic again, illuminating US efforts to promote change in Iran – and explaining recent goings-on at Durham …
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/feb/10/wikileaks-durham-university-iran-us-embassy

WikiLeaks cable: Saudi oil estimates may have been exaggerated
CNN
The cable, obtained by WikiLeaks and published in the British newspaper The Guardian, cited the views of Sadad al-Husseini, who had been in charge of…
www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/02/09/saudi.arabia.wikileaks/

WikiLeaks Supporters Trying to Prevent US Access to Their Twitter Accounts
PC Magazine
By Leslie Horn Three people involved with WikiLeaks are trying to bar a federal judge in Alexandria, Va. from gaining access to information about their …
www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2379904,00.asp

Canada’s Afghan pullout irked UK PM: WikiLeaks
CBC.ca
WikiLeaks cables reveal that Brown had complained about the withdrawal of Canadian and Dutch troops from Afghanistan. (Simon Dawson/Associated Press)) …
www.cbc.ca/world/story/2011/02/09/gordon-brown-canada-wikileaks.html

Wright-Patterson AFB personnel warned not to download Wikileaks docs
WHIO Radio
… BASE — The Air Force Materiel Command has told its work force of over
82000 people to stay away from the Wikileaks documents available on the
internet. …
newstalkradiowhio.com/localnews/2011/02/wrightpatterson-afb-personnel.html

Please explain uranium move, Greens demand
Sydney Morning Herald
Leaked WikiLeaks cables reveal Resources Minister Martin Ferguson told US
officials in 2009 a deal to supply India with nuclear fuel could be reached
within …
news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/australia-considered-india-uranium-sales-20110210-1an8m.html

HB Gary Federal, Anonymous and Wikileaks.
dagblog (blog)
Within the 50000-odd emails released was a presentation crafted for Bank of
America regarding how to effectively deal with Wikileaks. …
dagblog.com/reader-blogs/hb-gary-federal-anonymous-and-wikileaks-8912

WikiLeaks: Suleiman told Israel he would ‘cleanse’ Sinai of arms runners to Gaza
Telegraph.co.uk
The close relationship has emerged from American diplomatic cables leaked
to the WikiLeaks website and passed to The Daily Telegraph. …
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8314459/WikiLeaks-Suleiman-told-Israel-he-would-cleanse-Sinai-of-arms-runners-to-Gaza.html

The Circuit: Twitter and WikiLeaks, Firefox Do Not Track, Google and Facebook …
Washington Post
By Hayley Tsukayama LEADING THE DAY: Twitter is at the heart of a debate in
a WikiLeaks hearing as a judge considers whether or not Twitter account …
voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2011/02/the_circuit_twitter_and_wikile_1.html

Three Firms, One Plan to Neutralize WikiLeaks
The AtlanticWire
By Deb Weinstein | February 09, 2011 6:56pm WikiLeaks’ global presence has
corporations on edge. First, it was the private diplomatic cables about
America’s …
www.theatlanticwire.com/features/view/feature/Three-Firms-One-Plan-to-Neutralize-WikiLeaks-3173

WikiLeaks: Mubarak told US not to topple Saddam
DailyIndia.com
… “three or four times” not to depose Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein,
according to diplomatic cables leaked by the whistle blowing web site
WikiLeaks. …
www.dailyindia.com/show/423937.php

Now WikiLeaks Cable Confirms Billy Meier UFO Information!
Benzinga
The stunning revelations, in a just released WikiLeaks cable, about the
reality of peak oil in Saudi Arabia apparently didn’t surprise Swiss UFO
contactee, …
www.benzinga.com/press-releases/11/02/p849187/now-wikileaks-cable-confirms-billy-meier-ufo-information

WikiLeaks: Mohamed ElBaradei was ‘too soft on Tehran’
Telegraph.co.uk
The United States and Israel warned that Mohamed ElBaradei, a key leader of
the Egyptian opposition, was soft on Iran and was becoming “part of the
problem” …
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8314463/WikiLeaks-Mohamed-ElBaradei-was-too-soft-on-Tehran.html

Campus Connection: Where do you stand on WikiLeaks?
Madison.com
UW-Madison is hosting an in-depth discussion Thursday about the leak of
classified documents by the non-profit media website WikiLeaks. …
host.madison.com/ct/news/local/education/campus_connection/article_7a12a062-3487-11e0-b20d-001cc4c03286.html

China’s “hostile” audit raised Citi hackles: WikiLeaks
Reuters UK
The charges were contained in the cache of 250000 US diplomatic cables
obtained by the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks that Reuters has reviewed. …
uk.reuters.com/article/2011/02/08/us-wikileaks-china-citibank-exclusive-idUSTRE7174KK20110208

WikiLeaks: Egyptian ‘torturers’ trained by FBI
Telegraph.co.uk
The US provided officers from the Egyptian secret police with training at
the FBI, despite allegations that they routinely tortured detainees and
suppressed …
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8314475/WikiLeaks-Egyptian-torturers-trained-by-FBI.html

Sri Lanka: The Road to Peace Requires Western Courage
Huffington Post (blog)
Buried deep and largely unnoticed in the trove of diplomatic cables
released by WikiLeaks last December was an extraordinary note detailing the
Sri Lankan …
www.huffingtonpost.com/karunyan-arulantham/sri-lanka-the-road-to-pea_b_820923.html

Wikileaks founder addresses the press with lawyer after hearing
Xinhua
Julian Assange (R), founder of the website Wikileaks, addresses the press
with his lawyer Mark Stephens after the final hearing about whether he will
be …
news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/photo/2011-02/09/c_13723299.htm

WikiLeaks: US believes former Chilean leader death “to remain a mystery”
MercoPress
An embassy cable published this week by WikiLeaks revealed a 2009 email in
which then-US ambassador to Chile, Paul Simons, predicted that former
President …
en.mercopress.com/2011/02/10/wikileaks-us-believes-former-chilean-leader-death-to-remain-a-mystery

WikiLeaks Shapes Spam Scenario during December 2010
SPAMfighter News
According to the Monthly Spam Report of Kaspersky Lab for December 2010,
spammers worldwide took advantage of the popularity of Wikileaks during
December …
www.spamfighter.com/WikiLeaks-Shapes-Spam-Scenario-during-December-2010-15763-News.htm

High Tide: From Dead Ends In The WikiLeaks Probe To A Sumo-Sized Apology
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Joe Palazzolo US investigators have been unable to uncover evidence that
Julian Assange induced an Army private to leak government documents to his
…
blogs.wsj.com/corruption-currents/2011/02/09/high-tide-from-dead-ends-in-the-wikileaks-probe-to-a-sumo-sized-apology/

Wikileaks and the Non-Scandal Regarding New START
American Conservative Magazine
I was wondering if anyone was going to take the bait of running with the
completely discredited Wikileaks-related story on Britian and New START,
…
www.amconmag.com/larison/2011/02/09/wikileaks-and-the-non-scandal-regarding-new-start/

What is WikiLeaks?
Star News
This gets us back to talking about WikiLeaks, which is not associated with
Wikipedia. According to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, WikiLeaks is not
…
erstarnews.com/2011/02/09/what-is-wikileaks/

Russia says ready to readmit British reporter
AFP
… at the weekend after two months in London reporting on the contents of
the US cables, given to his paper by the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks.
…
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jxlodteJMi1kve_fzbYaIvNaGMHg?docId=CNG.5e8fe49c1181e02c63c809cc474c4b71.bd1

Wikileaks documents: China muzzled Citibank’s growth
inAudit
The Wikileaks documents revealed that there was a “knowledge transfer”
that occurred following the 2007 audit as disclosed by Richard Stanley, …
inaudit.com/audit/external-audit/wikileaks-documents-china-muzzled-citibanks-growth-4743/

Why Wikileaks Should Win the Nobel
Motherboard
The controversial nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize this year had to be
Wikileaks. And it must win too – not for the site’s sake, but for the
good of an …
motherboard.tv/2011/2/9/why-wikileaks-should-win-the-nobel-peace-prize

Israeli praise for Egypt’s Omar Suleiman
Foreign Policy
Newly instated Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman has been a longtime
favorite of Israel, according to new WikiLeaks cables released Monday. …
wikileaks.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/02/09/israel_has_long_been_a_fan_of_omar_suleiman

Wikileaks and division
The Zimbabwean
EDITOR – It comes as no surprise that Wikileaks says Biti helped Dabengwa
to ger off the Sanctions list. This is the cause for many divisions and …
www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=37172:wikileaks-and-division&catid=36:letters&Itemid=36

Mobile payment startup builds buzz through causes
Reuters
By Deborah L. Cohen CHICAGO (Reuters) – When competitors shut down payments
to WikiLeaks after the controversial website released a slew of sensitive
US …
www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/09/us-column-cohen-xipwire-idUSTRE7184U220110209

2011-02-09 Wikileaks responds to one of the Wikileaks tell all …
By GeorgieBC
Wikileaks has released the following statement in response to excerpts from
a book that were leaked to Cryptome.org on Wednesday. The response from
Wikileaks spokesperson Kristinn Hrafnsson was posted at Forbes …
wlcentral.org/node/1254

Daniel Domscheit-Berg, WikiLeaks Defector, Says Assange Lost …
By The Huffington Post News Editors
When former WikiLeaks spokesperson Daniel Domscheit-Berg walked away from
WikiLeaks in September of last year, he may have taken more than just a few
engineers with him: He now claims that WikiLeaks’ defectors also took the
keys to …
www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/09/daniel-domscheit-berg-wikileaks_n_821100.html

Wikileaks: U.S. believes Saudi Arabia is running out of oil — Autoblog
By Jeremy Korzeniewski
Peak oil, according to Wikipedia, is the point in time when the maximum
rate of global petroleum extraction is reached, after which the rate of.
www.autoblog.com/2011/02/09/wikileaks-u-s-believes-saudi-arabia-is-running-out-of-oil/

WikiLeaks Cables Indicate That Saudi Arabia May Have Much Less Oil …
By Bryan Walsh
It’s the sort of news that would spoil an oil executive’s breakfast. Last
night the Guardian reported that a cache of WikiLeaks cables from American
diplomats in Saudi Arabia indicated that the Mideast country’s oil reserves
could be …
ecocentric.blogs.time.com/2011/02/09/energy-wikileaks-says-that-peak-oil-could-be-coming-soon/

Ex-Wikileaks spokesman blasts Assange – The Local
The former spokesman of Wikileaks, programmer Daniel Domscheit-Berg, has
written a tell-all book about the inner workings of the secretive online
whistleblower organisation and its controversial leader Julian Assange.
www.thelocal.de/national/20110209-33001.html

Security Firms Pitching Bank of America on WikiLeaks Response …
By emptywheel
On Saturday, private security firm HBGary Federal bragged to the FT that it
had discovered who key members of the hacking group Anonymous are. In
response, Anonymous hacked HB Gary Federal and got 44000 of their emails
and made them …
emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2011/02/09/security-firms-pitching-bank-of-america-proposed-targeting-glenn-greenwald/

EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT: Wikileaks, Assange, And Why There’s No Turning Back
By The Huffington Post News Editors
Adapted from Micah L. Sifry’s new book, “WikiLeaks and the Age of
Transparency” Back in the fall of 2009, getting hold of Julian Assange
wasn’t easy.
www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/09/wikileaks-assange-transparency_n_820348.html

Air Force Rescinds New Guidance on WikiLeaks | Secrecy News
By Steven Aftergood
Secrecy News reported Monday on strange new guidance from the Air Force
Materiel Command declaring that Air Force employees and even their family
members could.
www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2011/02/af_rescinds_guidance.html

Calculated Risk: Reuters: WikiLeaks BofA Documents a “Dud”?
By CalculatedRisk
Assange’s private characterizations of the Bank of America material as
being dated and difficult to interpret contrasts with inflammatory public
statements he has made … touting the significance of bank-related
materials WikiLeaks has …
www.calculatedriskblog.com/2011/02/reuters-wikileaks-bofa-documents-dud.html

Wikileaks gives a boost to peak oil theories UPDATED | ft energy …
By Kiran Stacey
Daily insight into the financial, economic and policy aspects of energy and
the environment.
blogs.ft.com/energy-source/2011/02/09/wikileaks-gives-a-boost-to-peak-oil-theories/

Julian Assange’s German lawyer wants Wikileaks data back – Give it …
By John W. Daly
Wikileaks’ lawyer in Germany, Johannes Eisenberg, has demanded Daniel
Domscheit- Berg hand back all the data he took away, or else!
www.techeye.net/internet/julian-assanges-german-lawyer-wants-wikileaks-data-back

WikiLeaks: Saudi Arabia Is Quickly Running Out of Oil – Culture – GOOD
By Cord Jefferson
New WikiLeaks releases paint a scary picture for oil consumers: Saudi
Arabia lied about the size of its oil reserves.
www.good.is/post/wikileaks-saudi-arabia-is-quickly-running-out-of-oil/

WikiLeaks: Saudis Overstating Oil Reserves | Smart Journalism …
By Sam Kornell
That the world has a finite amount of oil is undeniable. The latest
WikiLeaks tidbit suggests the amount is a bit smaller than expected.
www.miller-mccune.com/business-economics/wikileaks-saudis-overstating-oil-reserves-28161/

Anorak News “ Julian Assange: Björn Hurtig Says Wikileaks Founder …
By Anorak
Another days and with another media frenzy at the court where Julian
Assange is fighting extradition to Sweden…
www.anorak.co.uk/272997/media/julian-assange-bjorn-hurtig-says-wikileaks-founder-vitim-of-leaks-oh-the-irony.html

EFF, ACLU Challenge Govt. Over WikiLeaks Twitter Records | Digital …
By Mark Hefflinger
It is especially troubling since the request seeks information about all
statements made by these people, regardless of whether their speech relates
to WikiLeaks.” The next hearing in the case has been set for Feb. 15.
Related Links : …
www.dmwmedia.com/news/2011/02/09/eff-aclu-challenge-govt-over-wikileaks-twitter-records

WikiLeaks’ Old News | 5 Min. Forecast
By Addison Wiggin
Perspective on the WikiLeaks cable about Saudi oil reserves.
5minforecast.agorafinancial.com/wikileaks-old-news/

WikiLeaks: Egyptian ‘torturers’ trained by FBI – Democratic …
WikiLeaks: Egyptian ‘torturers’ trained by FBI.
www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102×4727355

Meet Wikileaks Founder’s Alleged Sex Victim
Wikileaks leader Julian Assange implied that the rape and molestation
charges against him in Sweden were part of a global conspiracy.
gawker.com/#!5619931/

WikiLeaks Inspires Imitators – The Daily Beast
Across Europe, a wave of groups are imitating WikiLeaks’ brash, chaotic
style of releasing classified documents that embarrass governments and
global corpo.
www.thedailybeast.com/cheat-sheet/item/wikileaks-inspires-imitators/copycats/